SOLUTION: Can anyone help me with this one? It requires me to determine the number of solutions and classify the type of solutions for each of the following equations? Justify the answer ple

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Question 199571: Can anyone help me with this one? It requires me to determine the number of solutions and classify the type of solutions for each of the following equations? Justify the answer please?
x^2-8x+16=0

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

From we can see that , , and


Start with the discriminant formula.


Plug in , , and


Square to get


Multiply to get


Subtract from to get


Since the discriminant is equal to zero, this means that there is one real solution.

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